How Is The Unemployment Rate Calculated?
As of October 2009, more than 15 million Americans were out of work, and the unemployment rate in the United States was listed at 9.8%. But who counts as unemployed, and how exactly are unemployment statistics determined? It’s not what you thinkA common misconception of the unemployment rate is that it measures how many Americans [...]
Career and Job Planning
Each individual is responsible for building his or her own career. In this ever-changing world, everyone is looking for new ways to earn living. The purpose of career and job planning is to develop strategic plan based on one’s talents, aspirations and background, leading to a happy personal and professional life. Career planning involves identifying [...]
Green Jobs: The Pragmatic Approach To Recovery
What’s bigger than the recession? Climate change. And world leaders are struggling to agree how to tackle it. Good news: there is something you can do about it. Environmentally focused approaches are creating green jobs that in turn can become the “green shoots” of recovery that the UK economy so badly needs. Green jobs are [...]
Top 3 Benefits of Using Monster to Find Great Employees
There are a lot of different websites you can use to find employees, but none of them give the same value that you get from Monster. Monster is the premier Internet job site. Over the years Monster has built up a solid reputation and is one of the few sites where highly qualified, professional applicants [...]
Is Your Employability Reputation Defended?
Summary – Article reveals individual needs to maintain a good reputation both online and offline to be a viable candidate for employment. Advises how software and services are available to help individuals clean up their online reputations that might be considered adverse, inaccurate or defamatory. It is no secret that when one is out there [...]